Language+Arts

The next book that we read out and in class was Ulysses. In this unit it was a little bit of a challenge but I got through it just fine. In class discussions I didn't participate that much but I still think that I did a good job.

For the cover of my ZINE I decided to do fashion. My topic and ZINE was about fashion, therefore I thought my cover should go with the stories. I love my cover because it looks like a real fashion magazine. It gives you a variety, and a look of fashion and the things that are in it. I am very proud of my work.



Tuck Everlasting The most resent book that we have read was Tuck Everlasting. While writing questions down on the paper I found it being very easy. This book was my favorite so it made it really easy for me reading wise to collect all of the little details. While writing down questions it took me a minute wether as it taking me a while because I didn't read carefully. At home I took time over the weekend and on the week days to re-read some of the things that I wasn't sure about. But on the blog the out of the spotlight assignment was a tricky for me but soon I figured it out. Finding figurative language wasn't like a right their thing for me, it took me a few minutes but I got what I needed in time. Participating in class discussions. At first it took me a little while to get going but then I got it. My character project was definitely my best work for this unit media type="file" key="Alycia's favorite passage.mov" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="Alycia & Bela character project.mov" width="360" height="360"

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==== ====Rainbow people was the next book that we read for LA. I think that I did a very good job. I can see improvement on many things reading, the comments that I did on the blog, and when I facilitated the discussion on Natural Enemies. Participating in the small group discussions I think that I did a good job. I somtimes would have liked to say more about the topic but I moved on. In twiducate it was hard for me because the people who were talking were of topic but eventually they got back on and I was once a gain on my roll. And I think that the best thing I did in this unit was my essay on which story would help Shirley. The summaries and untroductions were also good, but they could have been a little better.====



In the year Of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. For in the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson I think that This was one of my best LA reading. I think that I read very carefully, unlike other books. I think that I am growing in some spots like reading and collecting information. I think that writing it all down on a question sheet is something that I need to work on. Answering the questions was tricky for me especially the little details that I did not notice in reading the book, therefor it made my questions a little of. But all in all I think that I did an OK job. I do think that my strength in writing about what I have read has gotten better. There are always things that someone has to work on, and for me writing is that thing. In class discussions I think my participation was very good. I didn't say as much as I wanted to because other people needed a chance to say things. I really enjoyed talking in the little groups because it made me feel like you had numerous times to talk. Comparing every assignment from the beginning of the year to now I think that their is a big improvement.





= This I Belive = This Unit for LA in the I believe topic I felt confident. One reason I felt confident is because it was easier for me to hear and to see something. It helped me alot when I was writing about what I believed in because I was writing as me not as a charactor in a book. It was also a unit in LA where I felt like whatever I wrote about would be okay because no one else could tell me what they think about it. Or why it didnt sound like the topic that we were focusing on. If I had a paper and could mark through 1-5 on my work altogether I would give it a four and a half. My podcast. media type="file" key="Alycia this I believe.m4a" width="300" height="50"

= Maniac Magee = I thought that I a good job on all the assignments. Maybe actually on some of them. I can definitely see my progress in my blog comments. I thought that I took more time on it this time around then I did for any other. I can also say that I did improve in web. I could see a change in it. Now there are soe things that I still have to get better on like my web could have been better, my final essay and mt quizzes. But this time around gor Mainiac Magee. I thought that when I was treading at home I did a better job understanding it. I also thought and think that I participated in it more than I did before. I still definetly need to improve on everything but am getting better everytime I do it.

Lost and Found Lost and found is such an important topic In Maniac Magee. Lost isn't just when you don't no where you are, it can also mean that you are emotionally lost and physically lost. It can also be losing your heart and then finding it again which is what basically happened in Maniac Magee. It all started with haunt and uncle. Then lost it when he ran away. Then found it when with the Beals. Then lost it again when he made the decision to leave. Then found it with Grayson and then gives up and starts living with the Mcnabs. Cant you see that he was so happy when he found that special person that made him so happy. And then gave up In Valley Forge. All of those people that made him so happy are all apart of why he's lost at one part and then found.

Maybe if Manaic didn't feel so lost he probably wouldn't be living with these people that consider each other family but are NOT. These people are the Mcnabs. These disgusting, smelly things are what Maniac has to put up with. There worse than a train on steroids. Hopefully he'll find where he belongs, find his heart and never have to live with them ever again. What kind of family doesn't eat together at dinner. I mean there are many definitions for everyone but this is a big one.

One important example is when he Left the Beals. Do you think that he has a second thought on it now. Maybe he wishes that he didn't leave and wishes that he could go back. He probably feels that if he went back they wouldn't except him. Amanda tried to stop him. But it was Maniacs fault and now carma is coming back for him. After he left you can probrably imagine how he felt when he left. Some of the feelings that he felt was lonely, LOST, confused, and heartless. How much can Maniac take until he can't take it anymore. At that time he was definitely lost. Another example that is the biggest part in the whole book to me is the Mcnabs. Why. Why is he living with the Mcnabs. Maybe he considers them family.he is definitey lost in that house.

At the end I think that he is finally not mentally or physically lost. Hes found and hopefully happy. Maniac has definitely changed in an way that is surprising. He has finally found his heart and hopefully is never going to loose it again. Now if we were to ask him what if he understands what lost and found meant he Would say yes. The most important thing about being found is knowing that someone is there to comfort you all through your life

The second book that i read this year was Kensukes Kingdom!
When we did the assinments for Kensukes Kingdom I thought that I really improved. The reason why I fell like I improved is because I thought that I read carefully, answered my questions corectly, and felt like I reflected on my work well. I think that during the group time I thought that I had good ideas, was attentive and talked alot about what was happening in the book. In the assinments i thought that I tried my best and improved on what I did bad last time did good. I think that my best assinment was deffinetly my letter. I think my letter was my best because i felt that I really could relate to Michael and how he was feeling through out the book even though I have never been in a survival situation. I also think that my letter was my best work because I put my all in to it. I think that my least best assinment was my essay. I no that it should be my best but it was my worst. Honestly I dont no why it was. But I think it was because I wanted to do other things and get it over with. Over all I think that I did a much better job than I did last time.

the first book that we read is __The Island of the Blue Dolphins.__
When we did the assignments on Island of the Blue DolphinsI I felt like I didn't wright enough, and that I could have put alot more effort in to it. I also felt like I could have expressed more of my ideas on the papers then I did. I think that if I could have done anything more to it I think I could have put alot more time and effort. I also think that i could have read it in a better place to maybe understand it a little bit more. I felt like my worst assignment was the web that we did for homework because I was rushing to get it done. I really thought that out of everything assignment that we did I think that my friendship paragragh was my best.

I think that my freindship paragragh was my best work beacause I really thought that I understood it.

= Friendship =

Friendship to me is a relashinship between to people who no each other and who have two totally different attitudes, or have the same. Friendship is also when you feel happy with that person. Another way to define friendship to me is when you trust that person even when you dont believe them. If you have a friend it makes you feel good about yourslef. Karanna and Rontu are a perfect example of friends. they have two totally different attitudes. And are two different peopleKaranna and Rontuboth feel happy when their with each other. Karanna and Tutok are people who come together, and put aside their differences. It started by Karanna trying to kill Tutok, but Karanna gives Tutok a chance. Karanna and Tutok share secrets and make things for each other. Karanna in the end tells Tutok her seceret name wich to me means that she trusts her. To me this is a true sighn of friendship.